I had a project that required getting 780,000 zipcode-to-zipcode driving times to determine who could be recruited to visit a given hospital into a clinical trial. I programmed both Google and MapQuest queries and found MapQuest to be 5 times faster and they wouldn't charge to use it. I emailed them as requested to let them know what I was planning. They said to please only use two parallel queries at a time. Four days later I was done. My research goes on./div>
OK, when I go to museums, I like to photograph the artwork I see. Many museums allow such activity but say that it can only be for personal/non-commercial use. Are they blowing smoke?
Also, photographing sculpture requires the right angle, playing with light, exposure, etc. Does that make it copyrightable?/div>
The only good thing about the early rush to patent DNA sequences is that most of them will expire before anyone gets around to needing to use them./div>
It is very easy to spoof an email. The confirmation sent to you is a way of verifying that you are the one requesting a stop to messages. Otherwise anyone could unsubscribe you from anything./div>
I don't know of any medical journals that pay their authors -- some even charge for the privilege. The dozens of research papers I've published have enriched them -- can I sue?/div>
One of my favorites was when a Boston channel found out that you could open an ATM door with *any* card with a magnetic strip. This led to all sorts of warnings about safety and muggers..../div>
Switched to MapQuest
Re: Question
Two questions
Also, photographing sculpture requires the right angle, playing with light, exposure, etc. Does that make it copyrightable?/div>
Patenting DNA
Confirmation
Medical Journals?
Really low tech example
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Cause and Effect?
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